13-letter words containing u, r, i
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- assault rifle — a firearm that is capable of firing multiple rounds in a very short period
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- attitudinizer — One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
- attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- audiographics — audiographic teleconferencing
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- australia day — a public holiday in Australia, commemorating the landing of the British in 1788: observed on January 26
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
- austroasiatic — a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.
- autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
- authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
- authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
- authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
- authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
- authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
- auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
- autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
- autocatharsis — a therapeutic process designed to free unconscious disturbances by having the patient write about his or her experiences, impressions, etc.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- autographical — Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
- autoradiogram — autoradiograph
- autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- backgrounding — Present participle of background.
- backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- barosinusitis — aerosinusitis.
- barrier-nurse — to tend (infectious patients) in isolation, to prevent the spread of infection
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
- beaux esprits — bel esprit
- beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
- bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
- beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view